I could only stand my Maxima for 3 months before I decided to sell it. There are those who say Maxima.org was full of ricers, and there were a lot of such guys on there, but there were also "normal" people too. No one ever said "I've never experienced that" when I researched problems with my unmodified Max. Instead, the issues were usually covered in detail on the FAQ's.
As a former Gen 5.5 Max owner, I recomend you check out the thread on this forum that I started, "You might be a 7th-gen owner if..." and compare it to the similarly-themed thread at Maxima-org for the 5th-gen guys there (I included a link in one of my posts here in the 7th-gen Accord thread). very eye-opening indeed.